Donald Alvan Allison

US Patent:

20090037654, Feb 5, 2009

Filed:

Jul 30, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/882105

Inventors:

Donald E. Allison - Richmond VA, US
Kenneth A. Mendelson - Rockville MD, US

Assignee:

Stroz Friedberg, Inc. - New York NY

International Classification:

G06F 12/02

US Classification:

711112, 711154, 711E12002

Abstract:

Discrete events that take place with respect to a hard disk drive or other I/O device or port are indicated to logic that implements Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) or similar technology. These events are communicated to SMART as event data. Examples of such discrete events include power on, power off, spindle start, and spindle stop, positioning of the actuator, and the time at which such events occur. SMART then compiles event data to create compiled activity data. Compiled activity data represents summary statistical information that is created by considering some or all of the event data. Examples of compiled activity data include the Time Powered On and Power Cycle Count. Collection logic then writes the compiled activity data to a memory medium. An analyst can then read data from log file(s).